AN ALVECHURCH community café has been getting ready for Easter while also helping older people combat loneliness and isolation.
The Lounge Alvechurch run Friendship Matters gatherings, where older people and children from the local schools get together to create different crafts.
Inter-generational crafting offers a wide range of benefits for participants of all ages.
For seniors, it boosts cognitive function, and helps combat feelings of isolation or loneliness.
For younger family members, it promotes hands-on learning, creativity, and the development of fine motor skills.
Together, crafting encourages teamwork, problem-solving, and the joy of shared accomplishments.
Rachel Rollinson, community and youth co-ordinator at The Lounge said she is thrilled to be working with Baker Ross again this Easter.
“We absolutely love working with Baker Ross, the different craft activities are always lovely and well received by our members.
“This month we were grateful to be gifted two different Easter wreath craft kits to try.
“It was brilliant to see both our youth sessions and our seniors crafting the same thing.”
“It just shows that crafting is truly multi-generational, the wreaths look excellent in the community café ready for Easter.”
The Lounge is run by the Alvechurch Communities Together (ACT) charity and uses its profits to help fund activities in the area,
The charity is entirely run by volunteers and on the goodwill of local businesses and residents.
